MEF2 Transcription Factors

Known as: Myocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2, Muscle Enhancer Factor-2, MEF2 Transcription Factors [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Activating transcription factors of the MADS family which bind a specific sequence element (MEF2 element) in many muscle-specific genes and are… (More)
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2016
Review
2016
MEF2 transcription factors: developmental regulators and emerging cancer genes
The MEF2 transcription factors have roles in muscle, cardiac, skeletal, vascular, neural, blood and immune system cell… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Control of the SOST bone enhancer by PTH using MEF2 transcription factors.
UNLABELLED Expression of the osteocyte-derived bone formation inhibitor sclerostin in adult bone requires a distant enhancer. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Activity-dependent regulation of MEF2 transcription factors suppresses excitatory synapse number.
In the mammalian nervous system, neuronal activity regulates the strength and number of synapses formed. The genetic program that… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Association with class IIa histone deacetylases upregulates the sumoylation of MEF2 transcription factors.
The myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) family of transcription factors plays an important role in regulating cellular programs like… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Signal-dependent activation of the MEF2 transcription factor by dissociation from histone deacetylases.
Myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) transcription factors control muscle-specific and growth factor-inducible genes. We show that… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Targeting of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases to MEF2 transcription factors.
Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase-mediated signalling to the nucleus is an important event in the conversion of… (More)
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Transcriptional control of muscle development by myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins.
Metazoans contain multiple types of muscle cells that share several common properties, including contractility, excitability, and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Control of mouse cardiac morphogenesis and myogenesis by transcription factor MEF2C.
Members of the myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) family of MADS (MCM1, agamous, deficiens, serum response factor)-box… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins
Members of the myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) family of MADS domain transcription factors cannot induce myogenesis in… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Drosophila MEF2, a transcription factor that is essential for myogenesis.
mef2 encodes the only apparent Drosophila homolog of the vertebrate myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2 (MEF2). We show herein… (More)
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